, hail, temperatures, rainfall and thunder) on the performance of electricity distribution networks in the UK. The results …

In England and Wales, wholesale electricity is sold in a spot market partly covered by long-term contracts which hedge … the spot price. Two dominant conventional generators can raise spot prices to undesirable levels, which is profitable in … the absence of contracts. If fully hedged, however, the generators lose their incentive to raise prices above marginal …

From 1992 to 2002, major expansions of the Argentine electricity transmission sector depended on users proposing … economic to generate electricity near Buenos Aires than to transmit it a long distance. …

decentralised energy-only New Electricity Trading Arrangements (NETA) market framework, we compare the two designs in terms of …

Merchant electricity transmission investment is a practically relevant example of an unregulated investment with …

The European Commission proposed to reform the Electricity and Gas Directives to improve access to transmission …, increase cross-border capacity, and fully open the electricity and gas markets. The California electricity crisis has weakened … adequate reserve capacity is risky in a competitive wholesale electricity market without suitable contracts, and unattractive …

incentive r egulation mechanisms to the regulation of prices and service quality for “unbundled” transmission and distribution …